Riversdale

A steel full-rigged ship built in 1894 by William Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow, for £ 17.200. Dimensions [275'8"×41'9"×24'2"] and 2206 GRT, 2113 NRT and 2065 tons under deck.

Sistership to the Barfillan, Hyderbad and Blackbraes.

1894 January: Launched at the shipyard of W. Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow, for R.W. Leyland & Co., Liverpool. Assigned the official British Reg. No. _____ and signal ____. [Walker has May as month of launch]
1910 January 15: Sold to Schlüter & Maack, Hamburg, for £ 4150 and was renamed Harvestehude. Assigned the official German signal RQHT. The new measurements were 82,24×12,78×7,49 meters and 2182 GRT. Captain F. Carstens was put in command.
1914: Interned at Santa Rosalia for the duration of the First World War.
1920: Devlivered to the victorious powers as war damage compensation.
1921: Sold to the Dollar Line. Laid up in San Francisco for two years.
1924: Sold to Coastwise SS Co. (James Griffiths & Sons), Vancouver, BC, and was renamed Riversdale. Converted to a barge.
1935: Sold to Island Tug and Barge Co., Victoria, BC.
19__: Sold to Crown Zellerbach Corp. and was renamed Crown Zellerbach No. 3.
1961: Sunk as a breakwater at Royston, Vancouver, BC.

The figurehead is preserved at the office of the Island, Tug and Barge Co., Victoria, BC.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Walker, David: Champion of Sail. R.W. Leyland and his Shipping Line.
Conway Maritime Press, London, 1986. 4to, 191 pp, ill.

Updated 1997-05-15 by Lars Bruzelius

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